San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-03
EDITORIAL BREVITIEs.

municipal elections. The other cities OF
this state will soOn be in the throes OF
distress. The result will hinge there as
here on municipal improvements and
city expenditures.
UNLESS those who are so great stick lers
! for constitutional rights lind some bjec-
tions to the grant on constitutional
grounds, there 10 fair prospect OF the
/ legislature taking some steps to give
/ Texas what she has long needed and now
imperatively requires-a good orphan
asylum.
"Ex-SECRETARY MANNING smokes from
morning until night" but about April
/ his treasury pipe will 20 out. Who will
| fall heir to his old meerschaum Grover
has not yet decided.
THE fruit growers report little or no
| injury to fruit in Texas during the re.
cent cold snap. This Is good news, as
| 1t was feared that material injury had
| been done.
The City OF Mexico has been run over
ny PATHS agent. by Patti, and by Bern
hardt; by Sedgwick and Manning, and
now the excursionists have stOrmed the
| citadels Of the Montezumas. The Aztec
capital will soon pray from American
visitations: Good Lord, deliver us
1
THAT cancelled check for 5000, 900, OF
| the late William III. Vanderbilt, is pre-
| served as a cherished memenlo y one
Of his friends. Had IL not been can
celled IL would have been a much more
valuable souviner.
BLAINE is very busy upon the prepare
tion of his new book, all reports to the
contrary notwithstanding. and will make
| no more speeches until it Il safely deliv-
cred from the pres.
| lF THE Sunday Mirror, printed at Fort
| Worth, Ia as delicate rs the straw tint OF
| its last issue, Ii will have a hard time OF
1t In this rough and tumble Texas. 1t is
to be hoped for the sake of its proprie-
tors that the tint of its paper Is the only
superlatiyely delicate thing about 1t.
WHEN the big lard houses Of the north
| descend to the cO!ton-seed-meal plains
OF the south TO do battle with the Trust
company giants. there will be some
| squeezing beside that of oil cakes done
The anti-monopolists are not always
found In the labor ranks. The monopo-
lists have big grip on some Of the MEM
bers.
THE illustrated journal business Is run
ming full train nowadays. There Is
scarcely a city In the union that has not
caught the infection and the newspa-
pers Of the country are deluged with
circulars OF ambitious blacksmiths anx-
ious to have II hand in the dsub. The
craze will not last.
If half as much pains was taken to
prevent death from defective drains.
fouled cellars. vaults and yards; the
reeklng filth OF uncleanly streets, alleys
and stables; ill-ventilated houses and
| haH mi afinN har IL
to hang the man or woman who takes
one life, the death rate in this county
would be materially lessened.
The Texas companies that propose to
take a hand in the national drill should
be getting on their knapsacks and fall
| ing into line. There will be no picnic
before them at the national capital.
Good drilling, or nothing, will win.
WHAT does the Philadelphia Record
mean by saying, High license is the
thing to catch the coward conscience of
the whisky ring" High license is all
that will prevent the Increase of dram
shops and the spread of drunkenness.
Commercial Traveler-"Do you know
that one of the regular drummers in this
| country is full-blooded Japanese?"
Omaha Merchant-"No, 1 never heard Of
| it." well he Is one of the most sue
cessful drummers on the road, and we
would all like him If it wasn't for one
fault" "Eh! What's that ?" swell, you
| see be has the Oriental tendency to ex-
aggerate the qualities Of his goods."-
| Omaha World.
First gentleman (eDtering apartment
OF second gentleman)-"AbOut a year
| ago you challenged me to fight duel ?"
Second gentleman (sternly)-'I did.
SIR" First G.-"And l told you had
| just been married, and did not wish 10
| risk my life at such hazard" Second G.
| (haughtily)-"I remember, SIR" First G.
(bitterly)-"Well, my feelings have I'M
| dergone change; any time you want to
fight let me know. Bon jour."-Frenoh
Fun.